Dear Classmate, It seems like only twelve years ago that we were seniors at Penn, relaxing on – wait, that doesn’t sound right. Behold, fellow classmates, for I bring thee tidings of joy. Yea – a new technology hath sprung forth to – no, no, try again. Apparently, there’s this new thing that everyone’s talking about, called the IN-TER-NET. Boy, it’s tough to herald a new technology that’s been around for years. Anyway, Penn has moved boldly online, and we finally have a web site with space dedicated specifically for the Class of 1990. Once you have joined Penn’s On- Line Community, you can use this site to keep your contact information up-to-date, find other classmates, or submit a newsnote to be published on-line in the next newsletter. To say that a lot has happened over the last twelve years is a significant understatement. It is our hope that you will use this site to keep fellow alumni up to date, and rekindle relationships that may have suffered because of the overwhelmingly tedious task of writing in longhand and licking stamps. We are all part of the Penn family, and those connections are worth keeping. To that end, I encourage all of you to take a little time to stay in touch. If you or a classmate you know has recently done something exciting, traveled, or just has news to share, please let us know. It is so easy, and the effects are long-lasting. With your help, these newsletters will become an integral part of our ongoing communications. Finally, if you haven’t been back to Penn lately, you should. Much has changed since the days of Reagan/Bush (sounds weird to say, doesn’t it?), and it is worth seeing. This year Penn will play Brown during Homecoming Weekend on November 2nd. For any additional information, please contact the Office of Alumni Relations at (215) 898-7811 or [email protected]. Best regards, Kyle Kozloff, W’90 Class President A-E | F-J | K-O | P-Z John Allen, C’90, writes, “Mary and I have recently moved to Tewksbury, N.J. where we love the more rural feel of that part of the state. I am still working for a technology consultanting firm in NYC while Mary works full time at home raising our three and a half year old twins, Winston and Charles.” Michael Andretti, C’90, e-mails, “never sent an update to The Gazette before but figure there are old friends of mine out there somewhere who would want to know what I have been doing for the last 11 years. Not much of a story: after graduating, spent two years traveling in Europe and Asia, and doing odd jobs to pick up spare cash to live and travel some more. The only memorable occasion (other than traveling itself) was working as a tour guide for a whitewater-rafting company in Australia in the summer of 1991: pretty exciting. Anyway, came back to my native Chicago in 1992 and, for lack of anything better to do, took a job at a coffeehouse-bakery. To shorten the story down, I opened my own place doing the same thing, called The Double Cross Bun, in Orland Park (Chicago suburbs) in 1995; we opened a second location in Schaumburg in 1999. I got married to Annaliese Burkhardt in 1999 also, and we’re living in Chicago with two cats and a ridiculously huge collection of CDs and LPs, the product of both of us being incorrigible music lovers. Old friends can contact me at [email protected].” Zoee Astrachan, C’90, GLA’93, and Andrew Dunbar GAr’94 are principals of the San Francisco-based firm Interstice; founded in 2000, it focuses on urban architecture and landscape, and material research. Built works include site-specific installations, and residential and commercial projects in San Francisco, Montreal, and New England. And their work has recently been featured in the SFAIA’s Small Firms, Great Projects, and in Zyzzyva, a publication that highlights emerging San Francisco architects. Both Zoee and Andrew are faculty members at the California College of Arts and Crafts, teaching art and architecture, and may be contacted at [email protected]. Dr. Melissa P. Barnes, C’90, GEd’91, <[email protected]> e-mails, “I recently completed my Ph.D. in clinical psychology. I also completed requirements for New York state school-psychologist certification. I accomplished all of this at Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y. I am currently employed as a counselor at Polytechnic University’s Farmingdale and Brooklyn campuses.” Howard Berman, C’90, writes “my Ode to the Psychotic Episode, poetic rendition of my to date three psychotic episodes since graduating from college appears in Volume Six Issue One of Constructivism in the Human Sciences. It is my first, though not last work. I welcome feedback especially from Psychology and English majors, and assure everyone I'm doing well in life.” Connie Blumenthal, C'90, writes, “My husband (Alan Rissberger) and I have been living in North Carolina for the past 6 years, and this past June (2001), our beautiful boy Eli was born. I have started a new job in public health at UNC, which I am enjoying a lot.” Meeka Jun Bondy, C’90 has recently joined the AOL Time Warner Interactive Video Group as their VP, Legal Affairs. The group is starting up a new cable television service. She continues to live in New York City, with her husband, Joseph Aaron Bondy, a criminal defense lawyer, and two year old daughter, Rachel Soo Kee Bondy. They are expecting their second child in June. Carrie Alesawski Brodwater, W'90, and Brian K. Brodwater, MD, ENG'89, proudly announce the birth of their son... Brandon Reece Brodwater - born on his mother's birthday August 24, 2001! Brandon and his two year old sister Kasey Madison are doing well. Brian Brodwater, MD continues to work as a Vascular-Interventional Radiologist for Delaney Radiologists, Pa. - a group of 20 sub-specialized radiologists practicing in Wilmington, N.C. Todd Brody, C'90, Ellen Seiler Brody W '91, and Benjamin Brody (class of 2021?) are pleased to announce the birth of Casey Melissa, on January 3, 2002 (class of 2024?). Ellen and Todd are both attorneys in New York, Ellen works at Roberts & Holland LLP and Todd works at Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP. John Boschetti, EAS’90, is with First New York Securities, L.L.C., a proprietary-securities- trading and money-management firm based in New York. Dr. Nancy Davis Brener, C’90 and Jason Brener, C’90, are delighted to announce the birth of their son, Adam Eli, on Sept. 17. He joins big sister Samantha who just turned three; the family lives in Marietta, Ga. Nancy is a research psychologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Jason is a supervisory staff attorney at the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. David Brous, C’90, <[email protected]> e-mails, “ My wife, Catherine Rothman-Brous, and I are proud to announce the birth of our twin girls: Rachel Lauren and Julia Rose were born on Oct. 27 in New York.” Edwin F. Chociey Jr., C’90, became a partner of the Morristown, N.J., law firm of Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti LLP in March. He concentrates his practice on commercial, employment, and health-care litigation. Dr. Mark J. Drozdowski, C’90, received his doctorate in higher education from Harvard University in June. He is director of foundation, corporate, and government relations at Franklin Pierce College in New Hampshire, and lives in Massachusetts with his wife, Kristen, and his beautiful baby daughter, Julia <[email protected]>. Dr. Adam Dunsby, W’90, G’92, GrW’95, and his wife, Cathy, welcomed a son, John Barriger Dunsby, on June 23 in New York; he weighed 9lbs, 5oz. His three-year-old big sister Caroline is delighted. Amy Egger, C’90, married James Kaplan WG’96 at the Newark Club in Newark, N.J., on Oct. 28. A number of alumni joined in their celebration, including Amy’s brother and groomsman Brian Egger W’87, bridesmaid Dr. Carrie Kazinoff Brookner EAS’91 and Ted Katramados W’90, Stephanie Kontrim-Baumann C’90, Chris Sullivan Bolinger C’90, Carole Chinn WG’93, Dai Vu GEng’97, WG’00, and Tom Weber GEng’00. Amy and James live in Manhattan where she is an associate in the real estate department of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker and he is a consultant with McKinsey & Company. Sonia Lorraine Elliott, C’90, GEd’01, <[email protected]> e-mails, “I have just received my M.S.Ed. here at Penn’s Graduate School of Education, and after a long and wonderful career at Penn, am currently applying to doctoral programs. As the former dean of W.E.B. DuBois College House, I would like to thank everyone for their generous contributions to the endowed scholarship.” Elizabeth Canna Fabrizi, NU'90, GNU'94, and Mark Fabrizi, GED'95, are pleased to announce the birth of their second daughter, Juliana Marie on March 16, 2002. She was welcomed home by her two-year-old sister, Olivia Rose. Elizabeth is enjoying spending some time off before returning to her position as a nurse practitioner at Planned Parenthood of Connecticut. Mark continues to love his work as a high school English teacher. Michael Feuerman, C’90, <[email protected]> is happy to announce that he married Marni Weiner on April 13 in Boca Raton, Fla. Alumni present were Brad Meier W’90, Reed Slogoff C’90, Jon Belmonte W’90, and Ari Horowitz C’90.